Filtering mesh with growth inhibiting material
OwnerKaren M. Sagerinventor
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Abstract
A filtration device is provided for filtering a liquid that passes over the filtration device. The device includes a screen through which the liquid can pass, the screen having a top side, a bottom side, and a plurality of threads, at least a portion of the plurality of threads being a first material; and a growth inhibiting element that is one of attached to and a part of the screen, the growth inhibiting element being a second material. The second material and the first material are different materials.
Claims22
A filtration device for filtering a fluid that passes over the filtration device, the device comprising:
- a mesh through which the fluid can pass, the mesh having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a plurality of intersecting members, at least a portion of the plurality of members being a first material, the plurality of intersecting members forming a plurality of uniformly formed passages that are uninterrupted from the first side to the second side, the mesh is configured to have, in use, the fluid flow through the mesh from the first side to the second side;
- a filtered fluid catching basin configured to receive the fluid that has passed though the mesh;
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- a growth inhibiting element other than the plurality of members and that is directly attached to and supported by at least one of the plurality of members at the first side of the mesh, the growth inhibiting element being a second material and being uncoated,
- wherein the second material and the first material are different materials, and
- the filtered fluid catching basin is located at the second side of the mesh.
A rain gutter configured to attach to a building to separate debris from rain water flowing off a roof of the building, the gutter comprising:
- a mesh through which the rain water can pass in a filtered flow direction that is through the mesh, the mesh having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a plurality of intersecting members, the plurality of intersecting members forming a plurality of uniformly formed passages that are uninterrupted from the first side to the second side, the mesh is configured to have, in use, the rain water flow through the mesh from the first side to the second side;
- a filtered fluid catching basin configured to receive the rain water;
- a growth inhibiting element directly attached to and supported by at least one of the plurality of members at the first side of the mesh, the growth inhibiting element being uncoated;
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- a protrusion extending from at least one of the plurality of members,
- wherein the plurality of members are a material other than the growth inhibiting material, and
- the filtered fluid catching basin is located at the second side of the mesh.
A method of filtering a fluid, the method comprising:
- passing the fluid through apertures in a mesh, the mesh having a top side, a bottom side, and a plurality of intersecting members, the plurality of intersecting members forming the apertures as uniformly formed passages that are uninterrupted from the top side to the bottom side;
- and
- catching the fluid that has passed through the apertures in the mesh in a filtered fluid catching basin,
- wherein one of the members is made of a first material and another of the members is made of a second material,
- the second material is an uncoated growth inhibiting material,
- the second material and the first material are different materials,
- a protrusion extends from one of the top side and the bottom side, the protrusion including members of the plurality of members, and
- the filtered fluid catching basin is located at the bottom side of the mesh.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.